Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-01
TEXAS ELECTIONS.
Both Sides Heard From by the Sen
ate Committee.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-ir the Texas
investigation to-day Bernhardt Lehman,
a German barkeeper, was sworn and ex-
alnined by Mr.. Eustis. He testified that
he was Republican until the party be-
came so corrupt in its local administra-
ton that he could not longer continue
with it. With regard to the reputation
of the memorialists, he said ackworth's
was bad and ScheutZe's was worse. He
had nothing to say against Moore.
(. Z. Curry, white Democrat, testified
to his belief that the negroes in Washing
ton county were inundated by their fell
low Republicans when they wished TO
vote the Democratic ticket. He had
heard Of fifteen or twenty negro clubs in
tae county, the members of which were
sworn to vote the Republican ticket.
MooRE's STORY.
J, L. Moore, one of the memorialists,
testified that he was 46 years old, and,
previous to the last two months,
had resided in Brennan for nineteen
years. He had been a Confederate
soldier in the late war, and had always
been Republican. He said that out OF
voting population of $500 In Brenham
about $500 were colored and 3,100 were
white. All of the colored people, he
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were in circulation on the night of the
election that Washington county had
gone Republican In opposition to the PeO-
ple's ticket. AT the same time he heard
rumors to the effect that Judge Kirk was
going to the polling place to raise a row
with the Republicans. The witness went
there as he had been assigned to do, and
met Judge Kirk there.
ABUSED BY KIRK.
Upon arriving Judge Kirk Immediately
began to abuse him, but as there had
been previous determination on his part
to keep quiet, no trouble arose. The wit
ness said that Judge Kirk heaped abuse
upon him to greater extent than he
would have taken from any other man
bad the circumstances been different.
The witness admitted that dur
ing the campaign he had made
speeches against Judge Kirk and
others, charging them with organizing
themselves into ring at the court house
with the intention of acquilting all DEM
Ocrats charged with crime and convict
ing Republicans. When asked what was
the reason for the hanging of the three
colored men charged with the killing OF
Bolton, the witness replied that he
thought 1t was because they knew too
much. There had been no attempts, so far
as the witness knew, to find out addi-
tional facts In the case of Bolton.
THE UPRISING SCARE.
The witness knew of no grounds for the
reported negro uprising, which was con-
demned by the Indignation meeting at
Eldridge. The Republicans in their
speeches had counseled peace, but had
warned the people against selling or in
any way disposing of their votes. In re-
gard to the advice to leave, the witness
said he had received no written notice,
but mere verbal information from several
Democrats. The witness described the
transfer of his property preparatory to
leaving, and sald in justification of him
self that he had committed no crime
other than being Republican. He had
never made a social equality speech In
his lite, and had never heard Republi-
can make one.
Under cross-examination by Mr.. Eus-
tbs, the witness said he had nothing to do
with getting up the memorial TO Congress,
but acknowledged having authorized his
signature to 1t. He had never told any
one positively that he was going to leave
Texas. Moore said Hackworth was a
member of the church in Brenham, and
that his standing among the Republicans
was good, and that the policy OF the Demo-
cratic party was TO ruin the characters
and to break the influence OF the Republi-
can leaders